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Oct 29, 2001 | 04:50 PM

swenson

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Well, Christmas is right around the corner, and it's time to think of what I could actually use instead of socks and underwear. I have basic tools - 3/8" socket set, standard and metric wrenches, screwdrivers, alan wrenches, torque wrench. I'm posting because I would like to know what you guys think would be some of the best tools to have in a basic set, tools you end up using on a regular basis and that you find come in handy alot for home auto repair. Any ideas are good.

Oct 29, 2001 | 05:28 PM

Mil1ion

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Box End Ratchet Wrenches ,Metric and Std.
Socket Screwdrivers
Crowfoot Wrenches
Screwdriver Set with Non-slip Handles
Brake tools

Testing Equipment
V.O.Meter
Analyzer
Code reader
Timing light
Remote starter
Compression Tester

*Note,
I have these already ,this list is for you.

Dennis

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68 Mustang 289 Sunlit Gold 80,000 Miles(second Owner)
64 1/2,260 Pre-World's Fair Mustang #8092
64 Fairlane 500 S/C,waiting for a 390 4-Spd

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They Should At Least Find You Handy!

Oct 29, 2001 | 05:44 PM

aerocolorado

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Cheap essentials:
Flexible retriever tool
Sturdy small pick/pry tool
Wished they made such a tool:
Infrared lost-in-the-bowels-socket/wrench scanner (for times when the sockets/small wrenchs fall, sprout legs and crawl into the most inacessable crevices.)

Oct 29, 2001 | 06:44 PM

jim henderson

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Heck they already make this tool... "Wished they made such a tool:
Infrared lost-in-the-bowels-socket/wrench scanner (for times when the sockets/small wrenchs fall, sprout legs and crawl into the most inacessable crevices.) "

All you have to do is have a couple of small boys hang around with you while you are working on your car. They love crawling around in tight places or "lost in the bowels crevices". their little fingers can weasle into any tight spot. And they always find mislaid tools.

Only problem is they cost a lot to maintain and there is all the extra baggage that the producer requires. And after about 10 years they wear out and are unusable. And of course you need another tool called the "Wonder where the H#!! my new tool is this time?" since the afore mentioned tools have some strange magnetic attraction for your newest most expensive tools.

Oh well, ya can't have everything. Guess that's why repair shops are so popular.

Jim Henderson

Oct 29, 2001 | 08:05 PM

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Get a large wad of money, and go to the nearest Sears store. Go to the tools section, and slowly browse, looking at each wonderful toy, sorry tool, thinking of what you could do with such a thing. Then, carefully remove the nicest tools to the counter, then carry on browsing. They have all sorts of different tools there, most of which are warranted for life.. I have a whale of a time going there, and drooling - I would not buy any of their power tools, but for hand tools, they are very hard to beat.

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Oct 29, 2001 | 08:53 PM

ccoffin

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You would be amazed what you can accomplish with an 8 pound sledge, a crowbar, and a blowtorch. Remove stubborn fasteners, rusted bolts, and the neighbor's cat in very little time. More uses than WD-40.

Oct 29, 2001 | 09:07 PM

theologian

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I got a leak in one of my truck's toolboxes, and ruined a couple of really nice prybars - they will clean up, but it is not the same... I need to go to Sears again.
Wm
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Oct 29, 2001 | 10:13 PM

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How about a quality TIMING LIGHT! and Vacuumn Gauge...

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Oct 29, 2001 | 10:21 PM

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I recommend the METWRINCH tool set. I hardly use anything else anymore. They work great, the big problem is guys constantly want to borrow them. Really, they work very well, but I do have one friend that says, "they fit too loose." Yet he keeps coming back. The ratchet isn't that great, so I changed it to a finer toothed Craftsman. My truck has both metric and standard, and I won't work without them anymore. I now have boxes of unused tools, and NO, I don't work for them. My only other "complaint" is that if you lose a socket or other piece, you have to order it as they don't sell them individually in stores. I've had no problem getting my orders though. Another tool set I like is the Speed Wrenches at Sears, the open end wrenches that work like a ratchet. Great for working in tight places.

Nov 4, 2001 | 10:20 AM

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*Thinks real hard, but not too long*

1) The widest 3 jaw puller you can find (one that also converts to 2 jaw)

2) A set of bodywork Dolly's, and a "Dinging Hammer"

3) A heavy-duty nut splitter

4) A dremel tool, with lots of spare cut-off wheel disc's

5) The biggest Coleman cooler you can find!

6) While you're at it, a new barbeque....

*winkezz*

~ Trust me....

Nov 4, 2001 | 10:51 AM

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Also try the really REALLY big cresent wrench, works great for sae AND metric! However what I want the most is a really REALLY big chrom plated (or like) crowbar for when you think someone wants to get in a fight.

Logan

Nov 4, 2001 | 10:56 AM

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Greywolf

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Do this and save a buck, ok?

Some of the older ford cars (70's?) had "Torsion Bars".

These were a long steel bar that twisted as the suspension was loaded. They are made of High Carbon (spring) steel, and if you can rob one of those out of a junk yard, the end can be formed and sharpened with a torch a hammer, and a grinder.

The most bitchen pry-bar I ever saw was made exactly that way!

It was 4 feet long...